What weak economy?

Here's a snapshot of Mississippi.....

"I don't see the doom and gloom in the retail sector that so many people are talking about," Troxler said.

Cynthia Crawford is one shopper who plans to splurge for the holidays. Gas prices have come off record highs, allowing Crawford to look forward to holiday sales.

"We started cutting back a lot over the summer, and we're still careful about what we buy," she said, "but we decided that we're going to spend money on Christmas, regardless."

Her shopping buddy, Joyce Phillips, wasn't quite as eager to buy, but said she, too, plans to spend about as much as she did last Christmas.

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We haven't seen a big effect from the national economy," Snyder said. "We've been pretty stable. But then, we've always said that this region's economic conditions usually are better."

The mall is in the midst of a $13 million renovation and expansion project, having added Dick's Sporting Goods, Barnes & Noble Booksellers and Coldwater Creek in the past year. A new $215,000 children's play area, called the Tupelo Auto Sales Central Park, complements the family shopping environment, Snyder insisted. That helps draw shoppers not just to the mall, but Tupelo in general.

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=282156&pub=1&div=News
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